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Dr. Anup Chirayath DOMS, DNB, FRCS, (Glasgow) Completed his PG from B.J Medical college, Pune, with Gold Medal in the DOMS examination. He is also “Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons” Glasgow, U.K. He did his “Fellowship in General Ophthalmology” at Aravind Eye Hospital, TN.

He then worked as Senior Consultant at Aravind Eye Hospital,TN, for a period of 6 years in the Department of Cataract & Vitreoretina. He has many national and international Papers & publications to his credit. He has conducted CME Programmes and co-authored two textbooks in Ophthalmology. He was the invited faculty at TNOA conference, Ooty and SICS workshop at Calcutta at aegis of the West Bengal Ophthalmic Society. He has provided Consultancy services and training to the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa-Organized by the International Eye Foundation, USA in 1999. He was Invited faculty for surgical demonstration at the VI th Ophthalmological Congress of SAARC countries at Kathmandu, Nepal, 1999. He has Provided Consultancy services for planning an Eye Hospital at Kitwe, Zambia, 2001. He worked as Chief Consultant Ophthalmologist in a Super Speciality Hospital for two years in Kerala.

Presently he is Medical Director and Head of the department “Cataract & Phacoemulsification Services” of AFEH.

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Dr. Chockalingam, MBBS, DO, DNB, FRCS (Glassgow), completed MBBS from Stanley Medical College, and DO & DNB from Sankara Nethralaya. He is a " Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons" Glassgow, UK. He has done PGDHM from IGNOU, New Delhi.
He has worked as Assistant Consultant in Sankara Nethralaya, Associate Consultant in Rajan Eye Care Hospital, Chennai; Medical officer in department of Glaucoma at Aravind Eye hospital, Coimbatore. He is also a visiting faculty for MS (hospital management) in KMCH Institute of Hospital Management, Coimbatore & Saint Joseph University, and Philadelphia, USA. He was awarded Dr. S. Ramakrishnan memorial cash award for the best out going PG in DO from Sankara Nethralaya. He has many papers and presentations in his credit.

Presently he is a Consultant for 'Glaucoma Services' in AFEH.

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Dr. Jyothi Anup,MS Completed her Postgraduate training from Aravind Eye Hospital, Tamilnadu. Later she has worked as consultant in a SuperSpeciality Hospital in Malappuram District, Kerala for about 2 years.
Presently she is a Consultant - General Ophthalmology, in AFEH.

Completed M.S (Ophthalmology) from Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore under Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences in the year 2004.She has underwent a fellowship in General Ophthalmology at the Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly. She is well versed in the use of all modern diagnostic equipments and is well experienced in sutureless cataract surgery. She has attended and presented papers in various ophthalmic association meetings. Presently she is working as a Consultant ophthalmologist in Ahalia Foundation Eye Hospital’s Regional Centre at Thrissur.

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Dr. Shiv Charan Lal Chandravanshi, MS, FMRF completed his MBBS and MS from G.R Medical College Gwalior (MP). Subsequently he worked as a Tutor in G.R. Medical College Gwalior (MP). He later underwent a 2 years Fellowship in Orbit and Oculoplasty at the renowned eye centre, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, where he was trained in basic and advanced Orbit and Oculoplastic surgery. He has presented papers in National conferences and has publications in Index journals. Presently he is a consultant and head of the Orbit and Oculoplasty department at Ahalia Foundation Eye Hospital

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Dr. Sundaresh. K, MBBS, MS completed MBBS from Madurai Medical College, and subsequently MS (Ophthal) from Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, he later did his fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and strabismus under Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. He also has visited the dept of pediatric ophthalmogy and strabismus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and spent time under Dr. Burton Kushner as observer.

Dr. Sundaresh worked as a consultant in general ophthalmology and subsequently in pediatric ophthalmology and squint department, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai for 5 years. Has been involved in various training activities in pediatric ophthalmology under the ORBIS-Aravind project for pediatric ophthalmology, he has also been involved in conducting DO, MS, DNB, MRCO exams as facilitator.

Dr. Sundaresh also has attended and presented papers at state, national and international conferences including the American Academy of Ophthalmology held at New Orleans, USA. He also has publications in peer reviewed journals to his credit.
He also has the experience of working in a reputed hospital in Dubai.

He has now joined AFEH as chief consultant, dept. of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.

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He did his MBBS and MS in Ophthalmology from South Gujarat University, Surat. He completed his long term fellowship in Vitreo-retina at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai in 2006. After completion of fellowship he continued working there as a consultant in Vitreo-retina services. His main area of interest and expertise is in Surgical Retina, Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinopathy of Prematurity